Tippets: Soldier Fished to Feed Troops, Finding Pike and Muskellunge

October 8, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • The Telegraph reports on John Henry Hirst, a First World War soldier who braved bullets and bombs while catching fish for his fellow troops. “During the war he displayed remarkable courage. He was an incredibly brave man. Because he was such an obsessive and skillful angler he was excused from all other duties which enabled him to catch fish for the men to eat.”
  • Cool autumn weather is a great time to chase northern pike and muskellunge. In several videos from Orvis, “Tom Rosenbauer describes how these species move from season to season, and where anglers should look for them in rivers and lakes.”